World Youth Goe Championship

The World Youth Goe Championship (WYGC) is an annual international tournament for youths. This is a Goe event, sponsored by the Ing Foundation, and therefore Ing's rules are used. A number of strong participants in the World Youth Goe Championship eventually became professional players.

The championship consists of a junior edition and a senior edition. When the championship started in 1984, it had only the junior edition. The senior edition was added for the first time in the 6th edition of the championship in 1989. The junior edition is for players under 12, and the senior edition is for players under 16 (the age limit used to be 18 until the 26th edition in 2009).

Amongst other things, using Ing's rules means that komi is 8 points (with Black winning in the case of draws). To compensate slightly for the large komi, the winner of nigiri is allowed to choose colours, rather than having to take Black.